fucknits

The GoodThis weekend has been FUN. I’ve been out every night and shopping/sightseeing/church going* in the daytime. On Saturday we found one of those make-your-own-jewellery shops in Le Marais. Normally those places don’t appeal to me, but this one was packed full of pretty, shiny things and it was also cheap. [...]

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I’m on the second chart repeat of Pomatomus, getting along great and I’ve just found my rhythm.
Then the Ball from Hell decides to spew out this:Apparently this phenomenon is called ‘yarn barf’ but in this case the ball pretty much turned itself inside out. I’m furious.
I have about the same sized tangle that took [...]

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Some people may find this hat in bad taste. But I happen to like pom-poms, ok?

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I am now a knitting guru. This is because I have a protegé, Sylvie-Claire, another lost au pair in Paris I met through Facebook. We totally cyberstalked each other, she left a message in an au pair group and I spied her dreads and was like, yeah, she needs to be my friend! [...]

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My willpower has been amazing lately. On Saturday I took Sylvie to La Droguerie, where she bought two balls of mohair and some wool. We waited about ten minutes amongst all the gorgeous wool for the balls to be wound and I managed not to buy anything.
Yesterday I went to Le Bon Marché because [...]

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… now I realise I never posted my last, amazing FO. The impact will be lessened slightly seeing as Halloween has passed.Pretty hat yes? No! Click here for a fright. People with heart conditions are advised to proceed with caution.

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Been a lazy blogger lately. Went back home to Liverpool for a week and a half and was busy, busy, busy. Although that’s no reason why I’ve only just got around to sorting these pictures out from my trip to Musée d’Orsay in September. I took them in RAW format and forgot [...]

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